Chapter Four.

Books and Bits of Parchment

"So you'll be out tomorrow?"

"Yep."

"Good, it's our first charms lesson tomorrow so you wont miss that." Molly was sitting on a chair in the hospital wing with her twin and Elinor. Madame Pomfrey had managed to undo the hex that Mina Johnston had cast on them but both girls now had purple nosed side effects.

"Oh, I can't believe I've missed the first two days of my magical education!" Lucy moaned.

"I can't believe I can't have another broom until I buy one myself," Elinor said, wistfully. "And I was looking forward to quidditch."

Molly felt out of place, she didn't know what to say to Elinor. She knew that her friend would be brilliant at quidditch, maybe Ravenclaw's newest Chaser.

She was saved by Angela who burst into the room,

"Hi!" she said "I need to know the Ravenclaw birthdays for next month. It's a tradition to throw a little party in the common room."

"Twelfth of October," Elinor stated.

"That's a double!" grinned Molly, an idea forming perfectly in her head. "Twelve on the Twelfth! That means it's a special occasion! Double! Double! Double!"

"Oh great, double." Elinor groaned as Angela walked out "Double detention tomorrow night. Lucy."

"Oh no!" Lucy groaned "I've never had a detention before!"

"You've never been to school before." Molly said. "I'm going to have to go now, Transfiguration homework… Hey! Watch this!" she produced a small rat from her pocket, muttered a spell, tapped it with her wand and the rat transformed into a water goblet.

"Wow!" Lucy sat up a little "Molly, that's second year transfiguration!"

"Yeah." Molly grinned toothily. "Oh, Marcus gave me these to give to you." She handed two books each to the girls.

"Habits and Hobbies of British Muggles and Charm your own Cheese!" Lucy hugged the books towards her chest "Oh! I've been wanting these two for ages! How did Marcus know? And how did he get them? These look brand new!"

"He knows people," Molly tapped the side of her nose and laughed mysteriously. "And those people happen to be me and the owner of Flourish and Blott's."

"Tell him I said thank you!" Lucy may be rude, pompous and bossy but she was also kind and thoughtful at times. "What did you get, Elinor?"

Elinor looked at the first cover. A Beginners Guide to the Wizarding World for Muggleborns. It was a very informative book, Elinor needn't need anything else to learn about magic. The other book was thick and had a glossed cover of a group of adults. One of them looked a little like Hugo, another like Lorcan and Lysander. Also, Professor Longbottom was there, happily waving.

The Second Wizarding War. Was Emblazed across the top, with By Luna and Rolf Scamander on the top. Elinor opened the book up, the first couple of pages were full of names. The first being Cedric Diggory- Peter Pettigrew and last being Tom Marvolo Riddle – His own backfiring curse.

Elinor turned to the back of the thick book, there was a large picture, lots of people stood in a garden. Her eyes popped as she noticed some of her friends, she read the piece of writing underneath.

Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Xenophilius Lovegood, Augusta Longbottom, William 'Bill' Weasley, Fleur Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Percy Weasley, Audrey Weasley, George Weasley, Angelina Weasley, Ronald 'Ron' Weasley, Hermione Granger-Weasley, Ginny Potter, Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Hannah Abbot, Rolf Scamander, Luna Scamander, Edward 'Teddy' Lupin, Victoire Weasley (soon to be Lupin), Dominique Weasley, Louis Weasley, Lucy Weasley, Molly Weasley (the second), Fred Weasley (the second), Roxanne Weasley, Rose Weasley, Hugo Weasley, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Lily Potter (the second.

Elinor pondered for a moment why James and Albus Potter had their middle names in to before saying "These are all your family?"

"Almost," Lucy said, she didn't even need to ask, she knew what book Elinor was holding in her hand. "Everybody but the Longbottoms, Scamanders, Mr Lovegood and Teddy. They're just friends and Teddy is Uncle Harry's godson."

"Oh right you se-"

"Merlin's Beard!" Molly yelled "Homework! I forgot! See you tomorrow!" and with that, she fled out of the room.

"Merlin's Bear-?" Elinor began to ask.

"Look it up in the book."

So Elinor began scanning the contents of her new guide book as Lucy snuggled lower into her bed, Charm your Own Cheese in her hands.

It was the start of October, September had flown by, the girls were out of the hospital wing but they still hadn't found Mina Johnston.

"Quidditch try outs on Thursday!" Marcus grinned as their group sat at a long marble table in the common room.

The Weasley's had gathered quite a fan club over the past month but to them, they were more interested in the life of their parents so a group had kind of formed within them all. Hugo actually made everybody sign something, just for show. His mother had told him about Dumbledore's Army and he wanted to be like his parents so much! There was no charm on the parchment but everybody thought it was a nice idea. Here is what it looked like.

Lorcan Scamander

Lysander Scamander.

Molly Weasley.

Lucy Weasley.

Hugo Weasley

Marcus Malfoy.

Jenna Brown.

Elinor Jones.

Matty Hinderson.

Carl Madison.

And then, reluctantly, after many begs and pleads, Angela added her name, much to Marcus' delight.

Angela Mason.

So, where were we? Oh yes. They were all sitting at the table.

"I have to go there," Angela said. "I'm Keeper, well… I was last year anyway."

"I've seen you, Angela." Elinor sighed "When everybody else is practicing. You're really good!" Elinor still hadn't enough money to buy a broom, Marcus had wrote to his mother in secret who had told him that his father was alright. He wasn't mad, although Grandfather Lucius was. Marcus was not allowed back home, no matter how hard Draco and Astoria protested.

"Cheer up Eli." Hugo said. "It's your birthday tomorrow. You've got to be happy."

"I suppose so." Elinor smiled warily, she did like Hugo.

A.N: Bit of a short Chapter here but I'm going straight to the next one and it's going to be long. If I get seven reviews I'll post it on Tuesday/Wednesday okay? Here's a preview (thanks Moony1972 for doing these on your stories, I hope you don't mind me doing them too!)
So back to that preview: "MARCUS! HUGO! WHAT IN THE NAME OF MERLIN HAVE YOU DONE?"
"Don't just blame us… blame everybody." Marcus gestured round the room of beaming Ravenclaw's.

I think you've probably guessed what happens in the next chapter (hint: it includes Elinor's birthday.) if you comment and guess, I will PM you and you can add a character into the story!

So, here's the little things for all my reviewers:

The-Shy-Quiet-One: I'm glad you like Carl's head. Sorry his last name changed. Poop. Stupid me.

Moony1972: Thanks for the three reviews and the tips. You've helped me so much! Virtual Hug! I love you!

Oh, I need to tell you about some awesome people that I've met on here, they all love Harry Potter and are the bestest friends on ff ever!

GryffindorBeth.

Moony1972

Queen Aradia.

The-Shy-Quiet-One

All brilliant, brilliant people! I'm releasing a Marauder's story out into the wild soon so keep an eye out for that my Pygmy Puffs!

Love and hugs and RED VINES,

Isla.

(You'll only get that last bit if you're a fan of Starkid Potter. If you're not, I suggest you get yourself on youtube and search A Very Potter Musical. It's siriusly awesome. Okay…. I'll stop with the Sirius jokes now… it's GryffindorBeth's fault so Crucio her, not me!)